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estimated 700 species of ants in the US and Canada. Only # or so species considered to be pests.
25
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All pest ant species in North America are _
eusocial
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ANTS have two different castes = _ and _
workers and reproductives
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ANTS The only males in an ant colony are _ (not yet mated) whose job is to wait for swarming and mating to begin.
pre productives
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ANTS only pre productive ants have wings and are referred to as _
alates
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ANTS worker ants do not have _
wings
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ANTS _ are generally easier to identify than _ .
workers are generally easier to identify than reproductives
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ANTS _ = the establishment of a new ant colony may involve a single mated queen with some workers leaving the nest to start a new colony.
budding
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ANTS one way to distinguish a reproductive from a worker is by looking at the _ profile.
thorax
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ANTS reproductives display a distinct _ along the top of the thorax, like a football player with pads
bulge
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ANTS some male ants/alates/swarmers lack the _ antennae that characterize female ants.
elbowed
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ANTS male ants/alates/swarmers.... the _ _ and the difference in size between the _ and _ both distinguish a male ant from a termite swarmer
- constricted waist
- forewings
- hindwings
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ANTS when male and female reproductives leave the colony in great numbers, it is known as _
swarming
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ANTS unlike termites, males ants _ _ remain with the queen when she starts her new colony.
do not
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ANTS _ typically marks the end of the male ant's life
mating
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ANTS this species does not swarm at all
Pharoah
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ANTS ants with two nodes, subfamily =
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Myrmicinae
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ANTS ants with one node, ring of hairs around a nozzle like anal opening on the tip of the gaster, subfamily =
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Dolichoderinae
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ANTS ants with one node, with a slit like anal opening, no ring of hairs, subfamily =
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Formicinae
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ANTS all _ ants have a single node and bear an acidopore
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Formicinae
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ANTS a round, hair fringed anus, that is used by many species to spray formic acid at their enemies
acidopore
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ANTS do not have stingers
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Formicinae
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Carpenter ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Formicinae
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Field/thatching ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Formicinae
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Crazy ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Formicinae
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Odorous house ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Dolichoderinae
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Argentine ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Dolichoderinae
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Ghost ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Dolichoderinae
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White footed ant
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Dolichoderinae
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ANTS all ants belonging to this subfamily have only one node, they lack stingers, and the tips of their gasters do not have circular rings hair.
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Dolichoderinae
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ANTS have a slit like anus.
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Dolichoderinae
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ANTS all ants in this subfamily have two nodes, they possess stingers, they do not all sting, the stingers of some species are not visible because they are retracted.
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Myrmicinae
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Pharoah ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Myrmicinae
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Little black ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Myrmicinae
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Acrobat ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Myrmicinae
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Red imported fire ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Myrmicinae
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Pavement ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Myrmicinae
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Big headed ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Myrmicinae
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Harvester ants
Dolichoderinae. Formicinae. Myrmicinae.
Myrmicinae
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ANTS repellents should be avoided when treating species? indoors because they may cause colonies to split and spread.
Pharoah
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ANTS Harvester ants have a unique "beard" called _ under the head, consisting of two rows inward curving hairs used to help carry soil or seeds.
psammophore
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